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Classical in form, cool, contemporary and raw.
- classical in formformally daring
- cooloverwhelming
- contemporarynostalgic
- rawmeticulous
- gravecomic
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About the book
- Author
- Charles Stross
- First published
- 2006
- Pages
- 320
- Publisher
- Doherty Associates, LLC, Tom, Tor, Tor Fantasy
- Editions
- 4
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780765348227
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First sentence
“Nail lacquer, the woman called Helge reflected as she paused in the antechamber, always did two things to her: it reminded her of her mother, and it made her feel like a rebellious little girl.”
About Charles Stross · 1964
British science fiction writer and blogger
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